Kodo - De weg van de boog
Author: Bert Kouwenberg
Illustrator: Mark Janssen
Original language: Dutch
Translated by: not
Published: October 2014
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN13: 9789044823530
Price: € 29.95
Age: 9 - 99 years
Kodo - de weg van de boog (- the way of the arch) is a large format reading/picture book written by Bert Kouwenberg. The story is exciting, imaginative and captivating, as all his stories are. The written word turns into prints and vice versa, a very original concept!
The story is set in the Japanese Middle Ages, which started at the end of the twelfth century until the mid-sixteenth century. This period was dominated by the Samurai, the Japanese warriors.
The gorgeous prints by Mark Janssen are almost too beautiful to be in a book, you would love to hang them on the wall and keep looking at them. He has captured the Japanese atmosphere so brilliantly, the book made a big impression on the children. Together with the haiku, the beautiful Japanese characters and the explanatory footnotes the story feels real to them.
3 diamond stars for Kodo - de weg van de boog, from the snazzie readers, young and older!